The supercomputer has created a three-dimensional model of the human cardiovascular system

American scientists from Duke University (Duke University) in Durham have developed a supercomputer that enables you to create a three-dimensional model of the human circulatory system, do not differ in terms of the living from the human body.

Specialists with the help of special software each received display the arteries and veins, the minimum diameter of which was 1 mm. According to the staff at Duke University, they were surprised by the resulting accuracy: blood circulation in the human body and the fluid in the model of the human cardiovascular system, created the 3D-printer, is not much different.

Lead researcher Amanda Rendls (Amanda Randles) noted that scientists were able to create a replica for the first time such a complex system of the human body. Her structure is so well established, that the passage of liquid through plastic vessels made even imitation pulsation when pumping blood to the heart.

Scientists describe the proposed model of the cardiovascular "Harvey" system in honor of the great English physician of the 17th century, the founder of physiology and embryology William Harvey, who first formulated and proved the circulatory theory (note -. Before that, scientists believed that the blood produced by the liver from the food and It moves through the veins, ending blindly in organs).

At the heart of "Harvey" is based on data of computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of the patients. Sam modeling process took place at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California on a supercomputer, having 1.6 million processors. It is among the ten most powerful supercomputers in the world, having a capacity of 17.17 petaflops.

According to information received from Amanda Rendls, in the future, scientists at Duke University will be engaged in the next stage of the project: a test of how these or other surgical interventions, used in a variety of cardiovascular diseases affect the blood circulation in the whole system, for example, new stents modifications Angiosurgery .